The Essential Facts of Backgammon Game Plans – Part 2
by Karla on Saturday, July 16th, 2022
As we dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The aim is to move your chips safely around the board to your inner board and at the same time your opposition moves their chips toward their home board in the opposing direction. With opposing player chips shifting in opposite directions there is going to be conflict and the need for specific tactics at particular times. Here are the last two Backgammon plans to complete your game.
The Priming Game Plan
If the aim of the blocking strategy is to hamper the opponents ability to shift his chips, the Priming Game plan is to completely block any movement of the opponent by building a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The opponent’s chips will either get bumped, or result a battered position if she ever tries to leave the wall. The trap of the prime can be setup anyplace between point two and point 11 in your half of the board. After you’ve successfully assembled the prime to stop the movement of the opponent, your opponent does not even get a chance to toss the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll be a winner for sure.
The Back Game Plan
The objectives of the Back Game tactic and the Blocking Game technique are similar – to harm your opponent’s positions hoping to improve your odds of winning, but the Back Game strategy relies on seperate tactics to achieve that. The Back Game strategy is frequently employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this tactic, you need to hold 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot late in the game. This plan is more complex than others to use in Backgammon seeing as it needs careful movement of your chips and how the pieces are relocated is partly the result of the dice roll.
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